How does the thought of floating make you feel? Jittery? Excited? Maybe you're both nervous and feeling an adrenaline rush at the same time.

Well, if you've never floated before, or even if you've floated once or twice, here are some simple ways to enhance your time floating and to make each floating experience better than the last.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Before you float, someone will walk you through your floating preparation. Listen to the orientation that your float centre provides.

Listen carefully, because your float centre host will cover quite a few points in a short time. They will probably cover these 3 topics: 1) how to prepare yourself just before you float; 2) how to get into and lie down in your float chamber; and 3) what do to right after you get out of your float chamber.

Pull Out Your Map

Before we take a road trip, we usually plan a route. If nothing else, we take the GPS or Google Maps with us, so we know just where we're going and how we're going to get there.

It's the same with floating. Before you float, you should acquaint yourself with some of the major benefits of floating. That way, you know what you will want to happen inside your float chamber.

For example, did you know that float chambers are one of the best places ever to visualize and see something in your mind's eye? That's why lots of elite athletes float to visualize a new move or skill. Or students float to practice seeing the answers to their exam questions. Or business professionals visualize themselves giving a major presentation.

Maybe you're need to inject some creativity into your current work project or your latest art project. Acknowledge it.

It helps to drive or ride to your float centre with an idea of what floating might do for you. Be bold. Tell yourself you are going to conduct a floating experiment. Tell yourself it's part of your self-development program.

Go With the Flow

To everything there is a time and a season. There's a time to remember what you've read about floating and what you've heard your float center host say in your orientation.

And there's a time to forget.

Once you step into your float chamber and close the door and start your float, it's time to forget. You're floating in a comfortable quiet position. So, forget about everything else now.

Just go with the flow. Let the float happen. Put away the words. Let the experience unfold.

There is nothing more to do than just pay attention from moment to moment to moment.

Enjoy the After-Glow

Once the music comes through the water, signalling the end of your 90-minute float, a surprise awaits you.

You'll step out of your float chamber, and no matter what else has happened to you in the last 90-minutes, you will most likely notice 3 things in your few steps from the tank to the shower:

You are really, really relaxed. The last thing you want is to rush.

Every part of you is in slow-mode.

You will open your eyes to an intensely vivid world that delights your senses. You see and hear in a newly vibrant way.

Both you and the world feel new.

That's why float centres have post-float lounges. You are not ready to rush out into that big, loud jarring world yet. So, seat yourself and savour not only your tea or water but your post-float glow, too.

Do Your Homework

Remember your mother reminding you to do your homework after school?

Well, somewhere between 2 and 14 days after your float, your post-float glow is going to wear off. As it subsides, there's one simple piece of homework to do.

Ask yourself, "What benefits did I get from my last float?" In other words, "Did my floating experiment work?"

For example maybe you wanted to see if floating helped you with that really painful fall you had. And maybe you've noticed an improvement.

Maybe you unintentionally plunged into a meditative state that went deeper than anything that happened to you in all your years of meditative striving. Now, you want to explore that meditative state further.

Maybe it's the deep relaxation that especially surprised you, and you find yourself able to think more clearly about a problem that used to tie you up in knots.

If you've noticed any such improvement(s), be sure to note that improvement. You might even want to go so far as to note that improvement in a personal log or a journal.

After that, you're ready to assign yourself a new floating experiment for your next float.

Float Again

There's a reason most float centres offer multi-float packages.

So many of us have issues that are a little more chronic than we realize. It only makes sense that it takes more than one float session to learn to really let go.

You cannot experience the full potential of floating in one float. Not nearly.

So, to get the most out of floating, get back into that chamber, and remember these 7 ways to make floating the best it can be.

Your first float is just the beginning of an incredible new way to develop yourself, expand your potential and discover new dimensions to your wellness.